Thanks everyone who let me know they're praying for my poor neck.  It is feeling a lot better now -- still kinda tender and quirky, but I'm able to function now. 

Saturday we are driving out to Missouri to take a look at a donkey.  My oldest daughter has been wanting a donkey forever and has been faithfully looking at the classifieds for months.  This week there was a two year old jenny (a female donkey) in the paper.  Amber called and talked to the people about it, and the next step is to go see her for ourselves.  It will be fun if it works out.  If not, it should at least be a nice road trip, as long as the weather holds up.  Amber has been reading every donkey book (there aren't many) and article she could find for over a year now.  She is sooooooo excited!

Tomorrow I pick up the hounds from the vet.  I dropped them off today, one to be spayed, and another to be neutered.  I will rest much easier knowing there won't be the possibility of puppies anymore!